Better stop and have a rubber." "If you dance with any of their women, you get her particular fancy-man on to you, don't you ?" asked Gordon.

"It's years since I was at that sort of place myself." The Bo'sun, who knew nothing about it, assumed the Sir Oracle at once.
"I don't suppose their women would dance with you if you paid 'em five shillings a step," he said.

"There'd certainly be a fight if they did.
Are you fond of fighting, Carew ?" "Not a bit," replied that worthy.

"Never fight if you can help it.

No chap with any sense ever does." "That's like me," said Gordon.